A comprehensive course for teaching Japanese to young adults in English-speaking countries -- from The Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (AJALT), developers of the renowned <em>Japanese for Busy People series.</em><br><br>Japanese for Young People is a three-level series designed for junior high and high school students, with an optional starter level for elementary students. With an emphasis on the coordination of structure and verbal communication skills, this program builds upon the basics of Japanese grammar through the use of key sentences, dialogues, exercises, and entertaining activities. Exposure to spoken Japanese is facilitated by three compact discs<br><br>This <em>Kanji Workbook</em> is a fully integrated component of the <em>Japanese for Young People</em> series for young learners who want to learn the seventy Chinese characters introduced in the second <em>Student Book</em>. The workbook offers a unique and proven approach to writing accurate and well-formed Kanji. The pronunciation and meaning of the kanji are taught in tandem, based on a solid foundation of reading and writing drills.<br><br>Fully illustrated, the Workbook uses a combination of traditional writing and reading drills and an entertaining selection of puzzles to facilitate user-friendly study for learners encountering a foreign script for the first time.